Winter Weather, Sussex
- When
- March 4, 11:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
A low pressure system moved from the Southern Plains the morning of the 5th, into northern Ohio the morning of the 6th, cut across far northern New Jersey during the day on the 6th and reached Cape Cod the morning of the 7th. Snow spread across Northwest New Jersey during the late morning of the 6th.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A low pressure system moved from the Southern Plains the morning of the 5th, into northern Ohio the morning of the 6th, cut across far northern New Jersey during the day on the 6th and reached Cape Cod the morning of the 7th. Snow spread across Northwest New Jersey during the late morning of the 6th. As the low moved across northern New Jersey, it brought in warmer air and the snow changed to rain (in the valleys first) as precipitation ended toward evening. Accumulations ranged from 2 to 4.5 inches in Sussex County. About an inch of snow fell before the changeover in Warren and Morris Counties near the Sussex County border. Specific accumulations included 4.5 inches in High Point, 3.5 inches in Wantage, 3 inches in Montague and 2 inches in Highland Lakes and Sussex.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in California, March 4 to 5, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 4 to 6, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 4, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5691679.